External Audit

Call for Proposal

Conducting an External Audit for the National YWCA of Palestine and its Members’ Associations & Specific grants audit reports

Tender No.22/043

September 8th2022

The National YWCA is a non-governmental association that started in Palestine in 1893 and was officially registered in Jerusalem in the year 1918. It is a union of four local associations in the cities of Jerusalem, Ramallah Jericho, and Bethlehem. The National YWCA of Palestine is registered under the Palestinian Authority with three member associations in Ramallah, Jericho, and Bethlehem. We envision a free and democratic Palestinian civil society where women and youth are empowered to exercise and protect their human, social, economic, and political rights. It is affiliated with the World YWCA, a global movement that works for -through its members: the national YWCAs in over 100 countries in the world, for the rights of women, young women, and girls. The World YWCA holds a special consultative status at the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

We work in three thematic areas: 1. Economic Empowerment, 2. Social innovation and Youth leadership and 3. Women, Peace and Justice. Our programs and interventions, in these thematic areas extend almost over all geographic areas of the West Bank our outreach interventions focus more on the underdeveloped communities in the rural areas. 

The Funding of the National YWCA of Palestine and Its associations, both internal and external, is quite diversified. Our internal funding, comes from diversified sources such as: Rental of Premises, Sales of food from our production unit, Students and trainee’s fees (vocational training) and Kindergarten fees. Our External Funding in restricted grants and/or unrestricted grants and contributions, comes from our international partners and donors.

The YWCA of Palestine requests qualified and certified public accountant firms to submit proposals to enter into a contract to perform:

1. Financial overall audit for the year ended December 31st 2022 for Four associations in addition to consolidated Audit report
2. Specific grants audit reports – YWCA Palestine

Location of the Service: Ramallah office and Jericho Office.

Tender Conditions:

The Proposal should include the following:

• Detailed Price offer (in USD) Including VAT,
• A valid Source of Deduction Letter should be attached
• Two sealed and stamped separated offers (Technical and Financial)
• Tender announcement fees to be paid by the awarded company.
• Official Registration: of your audit company, and its affiliation to any internationally recognized audit company if applicable, The Company should be an authorized audit firm.
• Curriculum Vitae of the experts conducting the audit services with their level of involvement in the engagements
• provide a brief history of previous auditing experience with NGOs mainly in similar projects

Deadline for Submission and address

No later than 15:00 P.M on 20 September 2022, the proposal prepared by Audit Firm and all related documents shall be written in English language.

All offers received after the deadline will be automatically excluded.

The big four companies have priority in bidding

Instructions for the service are listed in the Terms of References 

Attachment: Terms of references